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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What foods have high quality protein?






2. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






3. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






4. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






5. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






6. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






7. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






8. Sources of fats






9. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






10. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






11. What is the function of vitamin E?






12. What function is vitamin A?






13. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






14. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






15. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






16. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






17. What is the function of vitamin C?






18. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






19. What is normal albumin levels?






20. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






21. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






22. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






23. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






24. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






25. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






26. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






27. What type of people need extra protein?






28. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






29. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






30. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






31. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






32. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






33. What is RDA of protein?






34. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






35. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






36. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






37. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






38. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






39. When does BMR increase?






40. When does BMR decrease?






41. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






42. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






43. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






44. Where can you get more vitamin D?






45. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






46. How many calories/gram is protein?






47. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






48. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






49. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






50. What are healthy sources of fats?